WO2006028080A1 - Unité de réglage de transmittance, dispositif d’éclairage plan, dispositif d’affichage à cristaux liquides utilisant ledit dispositif et procédé de disposition de système de réglage de transmittance - Google Patents
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- the present invention relates to a transmittance adjusting unit that converts light emitted from a light exit surface of a light guide plate into more uniform emitted light, a planar illumination device that emits uniform light from the light exit surface, and a liquid crystal using the same.
- the present invention relates to a display device and a method of arranging a transmittance adjusting body.
- a liquid crystal display device uses a backlight unit that illuminates the liquid crystal panel by irradiating the back side of the liquid crystal panel (LCD).
- the backlight unit uses components such as a light source for illumination, a light guide plate that diffuses the emitted light and irradiates the liquid crystal panel, and a prism sheet and a diffusion sheet that uniformize the light emitted from the light guide plate.
- a backlight unit configured as described above, for example, a backlight unit disclosed in Patent Document 1 is known.
- FIG. 25 is a schematic cross-sectional view of the surface light source device disclosed in Patent Document 1.
- a reflective sheet 104 is disposed on the back surface of the light guide plate 100, and a transmitted light amount correction sheet is provided on the output surface of the light guide plate 100.
- 106, the light diffusion plate 108 and the prism sheet 110 are laminated.
- the light guide plate 100 has a substantially rectangular shape, and is formed using a resin in which fine particles that diffuse illumination light are dispersed and mixed. Further, the upper surface of the light guide plate 100 is flat and assigned to the exit surface. Further, a groove 100a having a U-shaped cross-section for embedding the fluorescent lamp 102 is formed on the back surface (the surface opposite to the light exit surface) of the light guide plate 100. On the light exit surface of the light guide plate 100, the fluorescent lamp 102 is provided. A light amount correction surface 100b that avoids the top and promotes the emission of illumination light is formed.
- Patent Document 1 discloses that the light guide plate 100 is formed by mixing fine particles, and that The light intensity correction surface 100b formed on a part or all of the exit surface except directly above the lamp 102 facilitates the emission of illumination light, thereby reducing the overall thickness and unnatural brightness unevenness of the exit light. It is described that it can be reduced.
- Patent Document 2 discloses a liquid crystal display that can realize a small, lightweight and thin liquid crystal display device and a reduction in cost and power consumption without reducing the amount of backlight irradiation.
- a rectangular irradiation surface In order to obtain the backlight of the device, a rectangular irradiation surface, a groove with a rectangular section cut into the center of the short side in parallel with the long side, and a long side across this groove
- a light guide plate having a back surface formed such that the plate thickness gradually decreases as it is directed in the direction of the both side surfaces.
- the frame of the liquid crystal display device can be narrowed and the thickness can be reduced, and in order to obtain a bright backlight unit with good light utilization efficiency, the width direction of the concave portion for arranging the light source
- a light guide (light guide plate) having a parabolic shape whose main axis is the depth direction is disclosed.
- Patent Document 4 in order to keep the in-plane brightness of the display panel uniform and to provide high-brightness illumination, the refractive index sequentially increases on the U-shaped high-reflection layer.
- a light guide plate is disclosed in which a plurality of plate-like optical waveguide layers are stacked and the light diffusion layer is brightened by the light emitted from each light emission end face.
- the recess for arranging the light source has a triangular shape.
- the light source (fluorescent lamp) 102 is embedded in the groove 100a having a circular cross-sectional shape, and the luminance peak due to the light source 102 remains as shown in FIG. To do.
- an unnatural brightness on the exit surface is obtained by using the transmitted light amount correction sheet 106, the light diffusion plate 108, the prism sheet 110, and the like disposed on the exit surface side of the light guide plate 100. Remove unevenness!
- the transmitted light amount correction sheet 106 is formed by forming a dot pattern of a minute metal film on a transparent polyester film. In addition, this dot pattern is formed so that the density is reduced most densely right above the fluorescent lamp 102 and further away from the fluorescent lamp. It is. Thereby, the transmitted light amount correction is partially reflected and returned to the inside of the light guide plate, and the light amount distribution of the transmitted light is made uniform.
- the light diffusing plate 108 is formed of a translucent milky white acrylic plate, diffuses the emitted light of the transmitted light amount correction sheet 106, and emits it with a desired light amount distribution.
- the prism sheet 110 is a light control member that corrects the directivity of emitted light, and is formed of a translucent sheet material such as polycarbonate, and a prism surface is formed on the side surface opposite to the light guide plate 100. This prism surface is formed by repeating triangular protrusions extending substantially parallel to one direction. Thereby, the prism sheet 110 corrects the main emission direction of the emitted light to the front direction of the emission surface at the slope of the triangular protrusion.
- Patent Document 1 using the light amount correction sheet 106, the light diffusion plate 108, and the prism sheet 110, the uneven emission light emitted from the emission surface of the light guide plate 100 is diffused. Thus, uniform light can be emitted.
- a dot-like printing portion that blocks light transmission is formed on the surface, and the cold cathode fluorescent lamp 36 is positioned directly below the density of the printing portion.
- a liquid crystal display device having a diffusion plate is disclosed in which the region 39A is made denser and the region 39A force is made sparser as it goes away. With such a diffusion plate, the amount of light emitted to the diffusion plate side is supposed to be uniform over the entire surface of the diffusion plate.
- Patent Document 6 discloses a surface light source device provided with a light amount adjustment layer for reflecting and scattering a part of light emitted from the upper surface force onto a surface facing the line light source and returning it to the light guide plate.
- This light quantity adjustment layer may be formed so that the area ratio decreases as the line light source power is further away, or may be formed only in the vicinity of the line light source.
- a translucent resin film or the like is used, but a light diffusing plate is used to smooth the intensity distribution of light emitted to the upper surface of the light guide plate and the line light source force. It will be written as
- Patent Document 1 Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 9-304623
- Patent Document 2 JP-A-8-62426
- Patent Document 3 JP-A-10-133027
- Patent Document 4 JP-A-5-249320
- Patent Document 5 JP-A-5-127156
- Patent Document 6 Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 6-235823
- the unevenness in brightness generated in the light emitted from the light exiting surface of the light guide plate can be reduced by adding a diffusion plate.
- a diffusion plate in order to reduce luminance unevenness, it is necessary to use a sufficiently thick (about 5 mm) plate-like diffusion plate, and as a result, the planar lighting device becomes thick and heavy.
- the planar illumination device disclosed in Patent Document 1 uses a light amount correction sheet, a diffuser plate, and a prism sheet to emit uniform light.
- a light amount correction sheet used for the planar illumination device described above.
- the first problem of the present invention is to solve the above-mentioned problems of the prior art, is thin and lightweight, and can reduce uneven brightness without reducing the average brightness of incident light.
- An object of the present invention is to provide a transmittance adjusting body unit and a method for arranging the transmittance adjusting body.
- the second problem of the present invention is to solve the above-mentioned problems of the prior art, is thin and lightweight, can be manufactured at a lower cost, is more uniform, less uneven, and more expensive.
- An object of the present invention is to provide a planar illumination device that can emit bright illumination light and can be applied to a liquid crystal display device such as a wall-mounted television.
- the third problem of the present invention is to solve the above-mentioned problems of the prior art, and is thin and lightweight, and can be manufactured at a lower cost, more uniform, less uneven, and higher brightness display.
- Another object of the present invention is to provide a liquid crystal display device that can be wall-mounted, such as a wall-mounted television. Means for solving the problem
- a first aspect of the present invention is a surface having at least a light source and a flat light guide plate that emits light incident from the light source from a light emitting surface.
- a transmittance adjusting unit unit that is arranged on the light emitting surface side of the light guide plate of the light illuminating device and diffuses and emits the light emitted from the light guide plate, and has a large number of transmittance adjustments arranged in a predetermined pattern.
- the pattern density of the transmittance adjusting body at a predetermined position (X, y) is p (X, y), and the light of the planar illumination device in the case where the transmittance adjusting body unit is not provided.
- the maximum brightness F of light emitted from the exit surface is 1, and a predetermined position (X
- y is the minimum luminance.
- the transmittance adjusting body unit is characterized by satisfying the above.
- the transmittance adjusting body is preferably arranged in a halftone dot pattern. In addition, it is preferable that the transmittance adjusting body has a transmittance of 10% or more and 50% or less when arranged over the entire predetermined region.
- the first form of the second aspect of the present invention includes a light source, a light guide plate that emits light incident on the light source, and a light exit surface force.
- a reflection sheet disposed on a surface of the light guide plate facing the light emitting surface; a reflector disposed on a surface of the light guide plate facing the light source through the light source; and disposed on the light emitting surface of the light guide plate.
- a transmittance adjusting body unit composed of a large number of transmittance adjusting bodies arranged on one surface and arranged in a predetermined pattern, and a predetermined position (X, y) of the transmittance adjusting body unit.
- the light output surface force of the planar illumination device is the maximum brightness F of the emitted light F 1 and the light Relative luminance with respect to the maximum luminance F of light emitted from a predetermined position (x, y) on the emission surface
- y is the minimum luminance.
- planar illumination device characterized by satisfying the above is provided.
- a prism sheet disposed on at least one of the surface of the diffusion film on the light guide plate side and the surface opposite to the light guide plate side.
- a second form of the second aspect of the present invention includes a light source, a light guide plate that emits light incident on the light source, and the light guide.
- a reflection sheet disposed on the surface of the light plate facing the light emitting surface, a reflector disposed on a surface of the light guide plate facing the light source through the light source, and a diffusion disposed on the light output surface of the light guide plate.
- a prism sheet disposed on at least one of a surface of the film and the diffusion film on the light guide plate side and a surface opposite to the light guide plate; a light output surface of the light guide plate; and the light guide plate side of the prism sheet on the light guide plate side.
- Multiple transmittance adjustments arranged and arranged in a predetermined pattern A transmittance adjusting body unit composed of a body, and a pattern density of the transmittance adjusting body at a predetermined position (X, y) of the transmittance adjusting body unit is defined as p (X, y).
- the rate adjusting unit is not provided, the light exit surface force of the surface illumination device is set to 1.
- the maximum brightness F of the emitted light is 1, and the light emitted from the predetermined position (X, y) of the light exit surface is Max brightness max
- y is the minimum luminance.
- planar illumination device characterized by satisfying the above is provided. [0019]
- the film is formed of a transparent member.
- the transmittance adjusting body is preferably arranged in a halftone dot pattern. Further, it is preferable that the transmittance adjusting body has a transmittance of 10% or more and 50% or less when arranged over the entire predetermined region, and more preferably 20% or more and 40% or less.
- the light guide plate includes a rectangular light exit surface, a thick portion that is parallel to one side of the light guide plate and is positioned at a substantially central portion of the light exit surface, and a thin end portion that is formed in parallel to the thick portion,
- a parallel groove for accommodating the light source formed substantially in the center of the thick wall portion and parallel to the one side, and an axis of the rod-shaped light source on both sides of the parallel groove and perpendicular to the light emitting surface. It is symmetrical with respect to the surface, and is composed of an inclined back surface portion that forms a tilted back surface by reducing the thickness by urging the thin wall ends on both sides in a direction perpendicular to the one side. Is preferred.
- the third aspect of the present invention includes a backlight unit that also has the respective planar illumination device forces of the second aspect, and light emission of the backlight unit. It is an object of the present invention to provide a liquid crystal display device comprising a liquid crystal display panel disposed on a surface side, and a drive unit for driving the backlight unit and the liquid crystal display panel.
- the fourth aspect of the present invention includes at least a light source and a flat light guide plate that emits light incident on the light source.
- y is the minimum luminance.
- the transmittance adjusting body is provided so as to satisfy the above-described conditions, and the transmittance adjusting body arranging method is provided.
- the light exit surface force is emitted. It is possible to emit light with reduced brightness unevenness without reducing the brightness of light. Further, since the luminance unevenness can be efficiently reduced, even when a diffusion film is used, the diffusion film can be made thinner and lighter.
- the light exit surface of the light guide plate, the surface of the diffusion film on the light guide plate side, or the surface of the diffusion film opposite to the light guide plate side, the prism sheet is disposed.
- the transmittance adjusting body unit is further provided on one of the surfaces of the prism sheet on the light guide plate side or the surface on the opposite side of the prism sheet on the light guide plate side.
- planar lighting device of the second aspect by using the planar lighting device of the second aspect, it is thin and lightweight, can be manufactured at a lower cost, and is more uniform. It is possible to provide a liquid crystal display device which can perform display with less unevenness and higher luminance and can be a wall-mounted type such as a wall-mounted television.
- FIG. 1 is a schematic cross-sectional view showing a schematic configuration of an embodiment of a planar illumination device in which a plurality of light guide plates having a transmittance adjusting unit unit of the present invention are arranged in parallel.
- (a) and (b) are a schematic perspective view and a schematic cross-sectional view, respectively, of an embodiment of a liquid crystal display device using a planar illumination device having a transmittance adjusting unit unit of the present invention. .
- FIG. 3 is a schematic longitudinal sectional view showing a schematic configuration of another embodiment of a portion including a light guide plate, a prism sheet, and a reflective sheet, which is a part of the planar lighting device of the present invention.
- (b) is a schematic plan view of the prism sheet of the planar illumination device shown in (a) as seen from the side force of the light guide plate, and
- (c) is a schematic side cross-sectional view of the prism sheet shown in (b).
- FIG. 4 (a) is a diagram showing an example of an arrangement pattern of a transmittance adjusting body forming the transmittance adjusting body unit of the present invention, and (b) is a transmittance adjusting body shown in (a).
- FIG. 4 (a) is a diagram showing an example of an arrangement pattern of a transmittance adjusting body forming the transmittance adjusting body unit of the present invention, and (b) is a transmittance adjusting body shown in (a).
- ⁇ 5] (a) is a schematic cross-sectional view showing a schematic configuration of another embodiment of the planar lighting device of the present invention, and (b) is a diagram obtained by removing only the transmittance adjusting body unit from (a). It is a schematic block diagram in the case.
- FIG. 6 is a graph showing an example of the relative light intensity of emitted light of the surface illumination device shown in FIG. 5 (b).
- FIG. 7 is a graph showing an example of the relationship between the relative luminance and the pattern density calculated in FIG. [8]
- FIG. 8 is a graph showing the calculation result of the pattern density distribution of the transmittance adjuster unit of the present invention when the maximum density is changed based on the relative luminance calculated in FIG.
- FIG. 9 is a graph showing the light output surface force of the planar illumination device in which the transmittance adjusting unit unit having the pattern density distribution calculated in FIG. 8 is arranged, and the relative luminance of the emitted light.
- ⁇ 10 It is a schematic block diagram showing another embodiment of the planar lighting device of the present invention.
- the surface illumination device force shown in FIG. 10 is also a graph of the relative luminance of light emitted from the light exit surface of the surface illumination device from which the transmittance adjusting unit unit is removed.
- FIG. 13 is a graph showing the calculation result of the pattern density distribution of the transmittance adjuster unit of the present invention when the maximum density is changed based on the relative luminance calculated in FIG. 14]
- FIG. 14 is a graph showing the light output surface force of the planar illumination device in which the transmittance adjusting unit unit having the pattern density distribution calculated in FIG. 13 is arranged, and the relative luminance of the emitted light.
- FIG. 15 is a schematic block diagram showing still another embodiment of the planar lighting device of the present invention.
- FIG. 16 is a graph showing the relative luminance of light that is also emitted from the surface emitting device of the planar illumination device shown in FIG.
- FIG. 17 is a schematic cross-sectional view of another embodiment of a light guide plate used in the present invention.
- FIG. 18 is a schematic cross-sectional view of another embodiment of a light guide plate used in the present invention.
- FIG. 19 is a schematic cross-sectional view of another embodiment of a light guide plate used in the present invention.
- FIG. 20 is a schematic cross-sectional view of another embodiment of the light guide plate used in the present invention.
- FIG. 21 is a schematic cross-sectional view of another embodiment of a light guide plate used in the present invention.
- FIG. 22 is a schematic cross-sectional view of another embodiment of a light guide plate used in the present invention.
- FIG. 23 is a schematic cross-sectional view of another embodiment of a light guide plate used in the present invention.
- FIG. 24 is a structural example of a light guide plate, a light source and a reflection plate arranged in parallel used in the present invention.
- FIG. 25 is an exploded perspective view of a surface light source device having a conventional light guide plate.
- FIG. 26 is a graph of luminance on the exit surface of the light guide plate of the surface light source device shown in FIG. 25.
- the transmittance adjusting body unit the planar illumination device, the liquid crystal display device using the same, and the method for arranging the transmittance adjusting body according to the present invention will be described in detail based on preferred embodiments shown in the accompanying drawings. To do.
- FIG. 1 shows a schematic cross-sectional view of a surface illumination device (hereinafter also referred to as a backlight unit) 2 according to the second embodiment of the present invention having the transmittance adjusting body unit 28 according to the first embodiment of the present invention.
- a planar illumination device 2 is used as a backlight unit of the liquid crystal display device according to the third aspect of the present invention.
- 2A and 2B are schematic partial perspective views of one light guide plate unit 18 of the backlight unit 2 shown in FIG. 1 and a liquid crystal display device 10 using the backlight unit 2. And a schematic partial cross-sectional view. As shown in FIGS.
- the liquid crystal display device 10 basically includes a backlight unit 2 and a liquid crystal display panel disposed on the light output surface side of the backlight unit 2. 4 and a drive unit 6 for driving them (the connection portion with the backlight unit 2 is not shown).
- the backlight unit 2 is disposed on the entire surface of the liquid crystal display panel 4 from behind the liquid crystal display panel 4.
- This is a planar illumination device for irradiating uniform light, and has a light emitting surface (light emitting surface) substantially the same as the image display surface of the liquid crystal display panel 4.
- the backlight unit 2 basically includes a light source 12, a diffusion film 14, two prism sheets 16 and 17, a light guide plate assembly 19, a reflector 20, and a reflection unit.
- a sheet 22 and a transmittance adjustment unit 28 are provided.
- the light guide plate assembly 19 used in the knock light unit 2 of the present embodiment is composed of a plurality of light guide plate units 18.
- the light source 12 is a thin rod-like cold cathode tube and is used to illuminate the liquid crystal display panel 4.
- the light source 12 is disposed in a parallel groove 18f formed in the light guide plate unit 18, and is connected to the drive unit 6 (not shown).
- a cold cathode tube is used as the light source 12, but the present invention is not limited to this, and any rod-shaped light source may be used.
- the light source 12 for example, a normal fluorescent tube, an LED (light emitting diode), or the like can be used.
- an LED light source that uses a cylindrical or prismatic transparent light guide having a length equivalent to the parallel groove 18f of the light guide plate unit 18 and LEDs are arranged on the top and bottom surfaces of the light guide 12 It may be used instead of.
- Such an LED light source can emit light from the side force LED of the light guide by entering the light from the top and bottom force LEDs of the light guide.
- the light guide plate unit 18 includes a rectangular light emitting surface 18a, a thick portion 18b parallel to one side thereof, and a thin end portion 18c formed in parallel to the one side on both sides of the thick portion 18b.
- the thick wall portion 18b is also directed to the thin end portions 18c on both sides in a direction perpendicular to the one side, and the thickness is reduced, and the inclined rear surface portion 18e forming the inclined surface 18d and the thick wall portion 18b are parallel to the one side.
- a parallel groove 18f for accommodating the light source 12 is formed. That is, the light guide plate unit 18 is a flat plate having a rectangular outer shape on the surface, and is formed of a transparent resin.
- the light guide plate unit 18 has one surface that is flat, and the other surface is inclined with respect to one surface so that the thickness of the light guide plate unit 18 decreases toward one side.
- it is good also as a force curved surface which forms the inclined surface 18d as a plane.
- the light guide plate unit 18 has a symmetrical shape with respect to a center line perpendicular to the light exit surface 18a of the light guide plate unit 18 through the center of the parallel groove 18f.
- a plurality of light guide plate assemblies 19 are connected by using the thin-walled portions of each light guide plate unit 18 as joints. Is formed.
- a parallel groove 18f for accommodating the light source 12 is formed extending in the longitudinal direction. It is preferable that the depth of the parallel groove 18f is determined so that a part of the light source 12 does not protrude from the lower surface of the light guide plate unit 18.
- the dimensions of the light source 12, the mechanical strength of the light guide plate unit 18, and the time It is preferable to decide in consideration of changes.
- the thickness of the thick portion 18b and the thin end portion 18c of the light guide plate unit 18 can be arbitrarily changed according to the dimensions of the light source 12.
- the parallel grooves 18f of the light guide plate unit 18 may be formed in a direction perpendicular to the longitudinal direction of the light guide plate unit 18, but the light use efficiency from the light source 12 accommodated in the parallel grooves 18f is reduced. In order to increase, it is preferable to form in the longitudinal direction.
- the side wall forming the parallel groove 18f The light incident on the inside of the light guide plate unit 18 is reflected by the inclined surface 18d of the light guide plate unit 18 and then exits from the light exit surface 18a. At this time, a part of light on the lower surface force of the light guide plate unit 18 leaks, but the leaked light is reflected by a reflection sheet 22 (to be described later) formed on the inclined surface 18b side of the light guide plate unit 18 and again the light guide plate. The light enters the inside of the unit 18 and exits from the light exit surface 18a. In this way, uniform light is emitted from the light exit surface 18a of the light guide plate unit 18.
- the light guide plate assembly 19 is manufactured using, for example, a method in which heated raw material resin is molded by extrusion molding or injection molding, a casting polymerization method in which monomers, oligomers, and the like are molded in a mold. can do.
- the material of the light guide plate assembly 19 include acrylic resin such as polycarbonate and PMMA (polymethyl methacrylate), PET (polyethylene terephthalate), pp (polypropylene), PC (polycarbonate), PMMA (polymethyl). Metatalylate), benzyl metatalylate, MS resin, other acrylic resin, or transparent resin such as COP (cycloolefin polymer) can be used.
- the transparent resin may be mixed with fine particles for scattering light, whereby the light emission efficiency from the light emission surface 18a can be further increased.
- the parallel groove 18f of the light guide plate unit 18 is equal to the length of the parallel groove 18f.
- the cross-sectional shape perpendicular to the direction (hereinafter simply referred to as the cross-sectional shape of the parallel groove) is formed in a triangular shape. The shape of the parallel groove 18f will be described later.
- the prism sheets 16 and 17 are transparent sheets formed by arranging a plurality of prisms in parallel, and improve the light condensing property of light emitted from the light emitting surface 18a of the light guide plate unit 18. The brightness can be improved.
- One of the prism sheets 16 and 17 is arranged so that the extending direction of the prism row is parallel to the parallel groove 18f of the light guide plate unit 18, and the other is arranged to be vertical. That is, the prism sheets 16 and 17 are arranged so that the extending directions of the prism rows are perpendicular to each other.
- the prism sheet 16 is arranged so that the apex angle of the prism faces the light exit surface 18 a of the light guide plate unit 18.
- the arrangement order of the prism sheets 16 and 17 is such that a prism sheet 16 having a prism extending in a direction parallel to the parallel groove of the light guide plate is arranged immediately above the light guide plate, and on the prism sheet 16, A prism sheet having prisms extending in a direction perpendicular to the parallel grooves 18f of the light guide plate unit 18 may be disposed, or vice versa.
- the prism sheet is used.
- a sheet in which optical elements similar to a prism or the like are regularly arranged may be used.
- an element having a lens effect for example, a sheet regularly provided with optical elements such as a lenticular lens, a concave lens, a convex lens, and a pyramid type can be used.
- a prism is also provided between the reflection sheet 22 and the inclined surface 18d opposite to the light exit surface 18a of the light guide plate unit 18.
- a sheet 23 is preferably provided.
- 3A is a schematic cross-sectional view showing a state in which the prism sheet 23 is disposed between the reflection sheet 22 and the inclined surface 18d of the light guide plate unit 18, and
- FIG. 3B is a reflection sheet.
- 22 is a schematic plan view of the prism sheet 23 disposed between the light guide plate unit 18 and the inclined surface 18d of the light guide plate unit 18 as viewed from the light guide plate side
- FIG. 3 (c) is a prism sheet shown in FIG. 3 (b).
- the prism sheet 23 provided between the reflection sheet 22 and the inclined surface 18d of the light guide plate unit 18 is arranged so that the extending direction of the prism 23a is perpendicular to the parallel groove 18f of the light guide plate unit 18.
- the prism 23a is preferably arranged so that the apex angle thereof faces the inclined surface 18b of the light guide plate unit 18.
- optical element having the same effect as a prism sheet may be provided, for example, a sheet in which optical elements such as a lenticular lens, a concave lens, a convex lens, and a pyramid type are regularly arranged.
- the prism sheets 16 and 17, more preferably the prism sheet 23 are used.
- the prism sheet 23 is not necessary, and either one or both of the prism sheets 16 and 17 may not be used. The cost of the apparatus can be reduced by reducing the number of expensive prism sheets used or by stopping the use of prism sheets.
- a reflection sheet 22 is for reflecting light leaking from the back surface (the lower surface in the figure) of the light guide plate unit 18 so as to enter the light guide plate unit 18 again. It is possible to improve the use efficiency of The reflection sheet 22 is formed so as to cover the lower surface (inclined surface) of the light guide plate unit 18.
- the reflector 20 is provided behind the light source 12 so as to block the parallel grooves 18f of the light guide plate unit 18. The reflector 20 reflects light also from the lower surface force of the light source 12, and the light can also be incident on the side wall surface force of the parallel grooves 18f of the light guide plate unit 18.
- the reflection sheet 22 may be formed of any material as long as it can reflect light leaking from the back surface (the lower surface in the figure) of the light guide plate unit 18, such as PET or Filler is blended with PP (polypropylene), etc., and then stretched to form voids, and a mirror surface is formed by vapor deposition of aluminum on the surface of a transparent or transparent or white resin sheet as described above.
- the reflector 20 can be formed of, for example, the same material as that of the reflection sheet, that is, a resin material, a metal foil, or a metal plate that gives the surface sufficient reflectivity.
- a diffusion film 14 is for diffusing and uniformizing light emitted from the light exit surface 18a of the light guide plate unit 18.
- PET polyethylene terephthalate
- PP Polypropylene
- PC Polycarbonate
- PMMA Polymethylol methacrylate
- Benzyl methacrylate and MS resins other acrylic resins, or optically transparent coatings such as COP (Crofluoroolefin polymer)
- Light diffusibility in oily film-like members Is formed.
- the method is not particularly limited.
- the surface of the flat plate member is subjected to surface roughening by fine unevenness processing or polishing (hereinafter, the surface on which these are applied is referred to as “sand-rubbed surface”) to impart diffusibility.
- a pigment such as silica, titanium oxide, zinc oxide or the like that scatters light on the surface, or beads such as rosin glass, zircoure, etc., together with a binder, It is formed by kneading pigments and beads.
- the diffusion film 14 may be a mat type or coating type diffusion film.
- the diffusing film 14 it is preferable to use a film-like member having a thickness of 500 ⁇ m or less, using the above-mentioned material and imparting light diffusibility.
- the diffusion film 14 is preferably arranged at a predetermined distance from the light exit surface 18a of the light guide plate unit 18. The distance depends on the light amount distribution from the light exit surface 18a of the light guide plate unit 18. Can be changed as appropriate. In this way, by separating the diffusion film 14 from the light exit surface 18a of the light guide plate unit 18 by a predetermined distance, light emitted from the light exit surface 18a of the light guide plate unit 18 is transmitted between the light exit surface 18a and the diffuser film 14. Further mixing (mixing) between them. As a result, the luminance of the light that passes through the diffusion film 14 and illuminates the liquid crystal display panel 4 can be made more uniform. As a method of separating the diffusion film 14 from the light emitting surface 18a of the light guide plate unit 18 by a predetermined distance, for example, a method of providing a spacer between the diffusion film 14 and the light guide plate unit 18 can be used.
- the light emission of the light guide plate unit 18 corresponding to the parallel groove 18f depends on the cross-sectional shape of the parallel groove 18f of the light guide plate unit 18. It is not necessary to sufficiently reduce the luminance peak value on the surface 18a, and a gap is provided between the diffusion film 14 and the light exit surface 18a of the light guide plate unit 18 to be emitted from the diffusion film 14.
- the luminance distribution of the illumination light may be made uniform.
- the transmittance adjuster unit 28 of the present embodiment reduces unevenness in the brightness of the light emitted from the light guide plate unit 18, and the transparent film 29 and a large number of transmittance adjustments arranged on the surface of the transparent film 29. With body 26.
- the transparent film 29 has a film shape and is disposed between the light guide plate 18 and the diffusion film 14.
- the transparent film 29 is made of PET (polyethylene terephthalate), PP (polypropylene), PC (polycarbonate), PMMA (polymethylol methacrylate), benzeno methacrylate, MS resin, other acrylic resins, or It is formed of an optically transparent member such as COP (cycloolefin polymer).
- the transmittance adjusting body 26 is a dot of various sizes having a predetermined transmittance, and has a shape such as a square, a circle, or a hexagon, and has a predetermined pattern, for example, a dot according to the position.
- a pattern (halftone dot pattern) having a different size and number of dots is laid on the entire surface of the transparent film 29 on the light guide plate unit 18 side by printing or the like.
- the transmittance adjusting body 26 may be a diffuse reflector.
- pigments such as silica, titanium oxide, and zinc oxide, which scatter light, or beads such as rosin glass and zirconia are coated with a binder. It may be a machined surface or a surface roughening pattern by polishing if the surface is finely uneven.
- Others are materials with high reflectivity and low light absorption, such as the use of metals such as Ag and A1.
- FIG. 4 shows an example in which the transmittance adjusting body 26 is arranged in a halftone dot pattern.
- FIG. 4 (a) is a schematic diagram showing an example of an arrangement pattern of the transmittance adjusting body 26 laid on the transparent film 29.
- FIG. 4 (b) is a diagram showing the transmittance adjusting body 26 in FIG. 4 (a).
- FIG. 10 is an enlarged schematic view showing a portion corresponding to one light guide plate unit 18 in the arrangement pattern of FIG. 4 (a) and 4 (b), the center of the light guide plate unit 18, that is, the center of the parallel groove 18f is indicated by a one-dot chain line.
- the transmittance adjusting body 26 when the transmittance adjusting body 26 is arranged, that is, without the transmittance adjusting body unit 28, the light emitting surface (surface on the liquid crystal display panel 4 side) of the backlight unit 2 in the case is provided.
- F (x, y) be the relative luminance of the light emitted from the desired position (x, y) force.
- the transmittance adjusting unit 28 When the transmittance adjusting unit 28 is not provided, the maximum luminance of the light emitted from the light exit surface of the diffusion film 14 of the backlight unit 2 is F, the minimum luminance is F, and the relative luminance F (X, y ) Is the maximum
- c is the maximum density, and preferably 0.5 ⁇ c ⁇ l.
- the transmittance adjusting body 26 of the transmittance adjusting body unit 28 By arranging the transmittance adjusting body 26 of the transmittance adjusting body unit 28 so as to satisfy the pattern density p (x, y) of the above equation 1, the light is emitted from the light exit surface of the knock light unit 2. It is possible to suppress a decrease in the average luminance of light and reduce luminance unevenness. Thus, by reducing the luminance unevenness using the transmittance adjusting unit 28, the diffusion film 14 does not need to diffuse light sufficiently. As a result, the diffusion film 14 can be made thinner, the use of the prism sheet can be stopped, or the number of prism sheets used can be reduced, resulting in a lighter and cheaper backlight unit. Can be provided.
- the maximum density c is preferably 0.5 ⁇ c ⁇ l.
- the transmittance By setting the transmittance to 10% or more, the luminance unevenness can be suitably reduced, and by setting the transmittance to 50% or less, the luminance unevenness without decreasing the average luminance can be reduced. Furthermore, when the transmittance is 20% or more and 40% or less, the above-described effect can be more suitably obtained.
- the transmittance adjusting body is arranged in a quadrangular shape, but the present invention is not limited to this, and may be any shape such as a triangle, a hexagon, a circle, and an ellipse.
- the transmittance adjusting body may have a length and a band shape parallel to the linear light source.
- the transmittance adjusting unit is provided between the light guide plate and the diffusion film.
- the arrangement position is not limited to this, and it may be arranged between the diffusion film and the prism sheet. Yes.
- the transmittance adjusting unit is provided by arranging the transmittance adjusting member on the transparent film
- the present invention is not limited to this, and the surface of the diffusion film on the light guide plate side (light incident surface), diffusion The surface of the film opposite to the light guide plate side (light exit surface), the surface of the prism sheet on the light guide plate side (light entrance surface), and the surface of the prism sheet opposite to the light guide plate side (light exit surface) ),
- the transmittance adjusting body directly on the light emitting surface of the light guide plate, etc., and installing the transmittance adjusting body unit.
- the transmittance adjuster unit can be formed without using a transparent film, and the layer structure can be simplified. Can be. Further, when the transmittance adjusting body is arranged directly on the light emitting surface of the light guide plate, in addition to the above effects, it is possible to prevent the light guide plate and the transmittance adjusting body unit from shifting, and the alignment can be reduced during manufacturing. There is no need to take it.
- the transmittance adjusting unit, the diffusion film, and the prism sheet are stacked in this order on the light exit surface side of the light guide plate.
- the present invention is not limited to this, and the light output of the light guide plate.
- the transmittance adjusting body unit, the prism sheet, and the diffusion film may be laminated in this order on the light exit surface side of the light guide plate.
- the knock light unit 30 of the present example is the same as the above embodiment.
- the light source 12, the diffusion finlem 14, the prism sheet 16, the light guide plate unit 18, the reflector 20, the reflection film 22, and the transmittance adjuster unit 28 are configured.
- FIG. 5 (a) shows a force that shows only one light guide plate unit 18.
- a light guide plate assembly 19 in which a plurality of light guide plate units 18 are connected is used.
- a cold cathode tube having a diameter R of 2 mm is used as the light source 12, and the light guide plate unit 18 has a central force of the light guide plate unit 18 and a surface where the thickness of the light guide plate unit 18 is the smallest.
- the distance L to the joint surface with the adjacent light guide plate unit 18 is 15 mm
- the thickness D of the thickest portion 18b of the light guide plate unit 18 is 4.5 mm
- the tip of the parallel groove 18f The distance between the light exit surface and dl is lmm
- the thickness of the light guide plate unit with the smallest thickness d2 is 1.5mm
- the width G1 of the end of the parallel groove 18f opposite to the light exit surface 18a is 4mm.
- a light guide plate unit having a shape as described above was used.
- the transmittance adjusting unit unit 28 in order to calculate the pattern density p (X, y) of the transmittance adjusting body unit 28 that satisfies the above formula 1, the transmittance adjusting unit unit 28 is provided.
- the backlight unit 32 (see Fig. 5 (b)) with the same configuration and shape is used except that it is not, and the light emitted from the light exit surface of the backlight unit without the transmittance adjustment unit is relatively Luminance F (X, y) was measured.
- the relative luminance F (X, y) was measured as follows.
- the light output surface of the backlight unit 32 is fixed to the XY stage, and the luminance meter is fixed so as to be perpendicular to the light output surface of the knock light unit 32. Then, the luminance at the position of the light emitting surface of the knock light unit 32 is measured by a luminance meter, and information on the luminance relating to the specific position of the light emitting surface of the light guide plate unit 18 is obtained.
- Max min This maximum brightness F is 1, and the ratio of the brightness at each position to the maximum brightness F
- the rate was the relative luminance F (x, y) at that position (X, y).
- Figure 6 shows the measurement results measured in this way.
- the vertical axis indicates the relative luminance
- the horizontal axis indicates the distance from the center of the light guide plate (the center of the parallel groove).
- the relative luminance F (x, x, The pattern density p (X, y) corresponding to y) is calculated.
- the relationship with (X, y) was calculated.
- Figure 7 shows the calculation results. In FIG. 7, the vertical axis indicates the pattern density p (X, y), and the horizontal axis indicates the relative luminance F (x, y).
- the relationship between the relative luminance F (x, y) and the pattern density p (X, y) is a proportional relationship, and the pattern is obtained when the relative luminance F (x, y) is the minimum luminance F.
- Density p (X, y) is 0, maximum
- the pattern density p (X, y) is the maximum density c.
- the vertical axis represents the pattern density p (X, y)
- the horizontal axis represents the distance from the center of the light guide plate (the center of the parallel groove).
- the distribution of the pattern density p (X, y) is calculated every 0.5 mm in the width direction (lateral direction in FIG. 5A), and the calculated pattern density p (X, y) is calculated. ),
- the transmittance adjusting body unit 28 was created by appropriately arranging the transmittance adjusting body 26 having a size in the width direction of 0 to Lmm. That is, Ll and L4 of the transmittance adjustment unit shown in Fig.
- the transmittance adjusting body when the transmittance adjusting body is arranged on the entire surface, that is, when the pattern density p (X, y) is 1, it is made of white ink having a transmittance of 33% at a wavelength of 550 nm.
- a transmittance adjusting body 26 was arranged.
- the relative luminance of the light emitted from the exit surface of the backlight unit 30 was measured.
- the measurement method is the same as the measurement method for measuring the relative luminance F (x, y) described above. It was measured.
- Figure 9 shows the measurement results.
- the vertical axis represents the relative luminance
- the horizontal axis represents the distance from the center of the light guide plate (the center of the parallel groove).
- the vertical brightness of the emitted light is also shown for the light exit surface strength of the backlight unit having the same configuration except that the transmittance adjusting unit 28 is not provided.
- the luminance unevenness is ⁇ 10.
- the transmittance adjusting body 26 is preferably a pattern in which the width of one transmittance adjusting body is 0.1 mm or less.
- the width By setting the width to 0.1 mm or less, the dimensions are less than the discriminating ability of the naked eye, and when actually used as a liquid crystal display device, the shape of the transmittance adjusting body 26 is projected onto the light emitting surface of the backlight unit. Therefore, the luminance unevenness can be reduced efficiently without causing the luminance unevenness.
- the pattern density distribution is adjusted by changing the size of the transmittance adjusting body, but the present invention is not limited to this, and the transmittance adjusting body of a fixed shape is not limited thereto.
- the turn density can be adjusted by adjusting the arrangement interval.
- the transmittance adjustment body is made into a fixed shape, and the pattern density is adjusted by the arrangement interval, so that the transmittance adjustment body is prevented from being projected onto the light exit surface of the backlight unit, and the dot size. It is also possible to prevent the formation of the transmittance adjusting body from becoming too small.
- the backlight unit of the present embodiment has basically the same shape and configuration except that the shape of the light guide plate is different. Therefore, the same reference numerals are given to the same components in both, and detailed description thereof will be omitted, and different points will be mainly described below.
- the shape of the light guide plate of the present embodiment is such that the central force of the light guide plate unit 18 is the surface where the thickness of the light guide plate unit 18 is the thinnest, that is, the distance L to the joint surface with the adjacent light guide plate unit 18 is 15 mm.
- the thickness D of the thickest part 18b of the unit 18 is 5.5 mm, the distance dl between the tip of the parallel groove 18f and the light exit surface is 0.9 mm, and the thickness of the light guide plate unit is the largest.
- the thickness d2 of the thinned surface is 2 mm, the width G1 of the opposite end of the light exit surface 18a of the parallel groove 18f is 5.3 mm, the tip of the parallel groove 18f is curved, and its radius of curvature r is The thickness was 0.2 mm, and the inclined back surface of the joint with the adjacent light guide plate was a smooth curved surface with a curvature radius of 15 mm.
- the light source 12 was a cold cathode tube having a diameter R of 2.6 mm.
- the transmittance adjusting body unit Relative brightness F (X, y) of light emitted from the light exit surface of the backlight unit when a knock light unit having the same configuration and shape is used except that the light transmittance surface adjustment unit is not provided. ) was measured.
- the vertical luminance F (x, y) is measured by the same method as in the above embodiment, the relationship between the position on the light exit surface of the knocklight unit 40 and the luminance is obtained, and the calculated maximum luminance is obtained.
- Brightness F is measured by the same method as in the above embodiment, the relationship between the position on the light exit surface of the knocklight unit 40 and the luminance is obtained, and the calculated maximum luminance is obtained.
- This maximum brightness F is set to 1, and at each position with respect to the maximum brightness F,
- the relative luminance F (x, y) at the position (X, y) is defined as the ratio of luminance.
- the measurement results thus measured are shown in FIG.
- the vertical axis indicates the relative luminance
- the horizontal axis indicates the distance from the center of the light guide plate (the center of the parallel groove).
- the pattern density p (X, y) corresponding to ⁇ , y) is calculated.
- Figure 12 shows the calculation results.
- the vertical axis represents the pattern density p (X, y)
- the horizontal axis represents the relative luminance F (x, y).
- the relationship between the relative luminance F (x, y) and the pattern density p (X, y) is a proportional relationship, and the pattern is obtained when the relative luminance F (x, y) is the minimum luminance F.
- Density p (X, y) is 0, maximum
- the pattern density p (X, y) is the maximum density c.
- the relative luminance of the backlight unit of the present embodiment shown in FIG. 12 calculates the distribution of pattern density p (X, y) corresponding to F (x, y).
- Figure 13 shows the calculation results.
- the distribution of y) is shown.
- the vertical axis represents the pattern density P (X, y)
- the horizontal axis represents the distance from the center of the light guide plate (the center of the parallel groove).
- the luminance unevenness can be reduced to ⁇ 10% or less.
- a diffusion plate may be disposed on the light exit surface side of the prism sheet, that is, the surface on the liquid crystal display panel side.
- the knock light unit 46 including the diffusion plate 48 will be described in detail with reference to FIG.
- the knocklight unit 46 has the same configuration and shape as the backlight unit 30 shown in FIG. 5A except that the diffusion plate 48 is provided, the same members are denoted by the same reference numerals. However, the following description mainly focuses on different points.
- the diffusion plate 48 is disposed on the light exit surface side of the prism sheet 16, that is, on the surface of the liquid crystal display panel (not shown).
- PET polyethylene terephthalate
- PP polypropylene
- PC polycarbonate
- PMMA Polymethinomethacrylate
- penzinoremethacrylate MS resin, other acrylic resin, or optically transparent film such as COP (cycloolefin polymer).
- COP cycloolefin polymer
- the method is not particularly limited, for example, the surface of the flat plate member is subjected to surface roughening by fine uneven grinding and polishing (hereinafter, the surface on which these are applied is referred to as “sand rubbing surface”) to impart diffusibility.
- silica titanium oxide, zinc oxide, or other pigments that scatter light on the surface, or beads such as glass or zircoure, together with a binder, or light that scatters in the above It is formed by kneading the aforementioned pigments and beads.
- a mat type or coating type diffusion plate can be used as the diffusion plate 48.
- the relative luminance when a 2 mm diffuser was installed was measured by the same method as in the above embodiment.
- Figure 16 shows the measurement results.
- the vertical axis represents relative luminance
- the horizontal axis represents the distance from the center of the light guide plate (the center of the parallel groove).
- the relative luminance of the light emitted from the light exit surface of the knock light unit having the same configuration except that the transmittance adjusting unit unit and the diffusion plate are not provided
- c l shown in FIG.
- the relative luminance of the light emitted from the light exit surface of the knock light unit having the transmittance adjusting unit is also shown.
- the average luminance decreases due to the decrease in directivity, but the luminance unevenness can be further improved.
- the luminance unevenness is efficiently reduced by providing the transmittance adjusting unit, uniform light can be emitted even with a diffusion plate that is thinner than a conventional diffusivity.
- the light guide plate used in the knock light unit includes a rectangular light emitting surface, a thick wall portion that is parallel to one side and located at a substantially central portion of the rectangle, as shown in the above embodiment.
- a thin-walled end portion formed in parallel to the thick-walled portion and a parallel groove for storing the rod-shaped light source are provided in the thick-walled portion.
- a light guide plate having a shape in which the thickness decreases from the thick portion toward the thin end portions on both sides in a direction perpendicular to the one side, and an inclined back surface portion that forms an inclined back surface.
- the cross-sectional shape of the parallel groove 18f of the light guide plate unit 18 is triangular, but the cross-sectional shape of the parallel groove 18f is guided through the deepest part or the center of the parallel groove 18f. Any shape that is symmetrical with respect to the center line perpendicular to the light exit surface of the plate unit 18 and narrows toward the light exit surface 18a is acceptable. For example, as shown in FIGS. It can be curved or elliptical. Alternatively, the cross-sectional shape of the parallel groove 18f of the light guide plate unit 18 may be a suspended wire shape.
- the cross-sectional shape of the parallel groove may be such that the deepest part of the parallel groove (the connection part of the side wall forming the parallel groove) has a point. That is, the cross-sectional shape of the front end portion of the parallel groove has two sharp curves that are symmetric with respect to a center line that passes through the center of the parallel groove and is perpendicular to the light exit surface of the light guide plate. A partial force of straight line can be formed. In the present invention, even if the cross-sectional shape of the parallel groove of the light guide plate is any of the above shapes, the light output surface force of the light guide plate can be emitted uniformly.
- FIG. 19 shows that the cross-sectional shape of the tip portion of the parallel groove has a sharp intersection with each other and passes through the center of the parallel groove 18f and is perpendicular to the light emitting surface of the light guide plate.
- the light guide plate 50 shown in FIG. 19 is a case where two curves 54a and 54b symmetric with respect to the center line X passing through the center of the parallel groove and perpendicular to the light exit surface 52 of the light guide plate 50 are circular arcs. . In this case, as shown in FIG.
- the center position of the arc 54a corresponding to one side wall forming the parallel groove 18f is different from the center position of the arc 54b corresponding to the other side wall. .
- the portion 56 where the arc-shaped side walls meet has a sharp shape as shown in FIG.
- the cross-sectional shape force of the tip portion of the parallel groove has one sharp intersection that intersects each other, and passes through the center of the parallel groove and is perpendicular to the light emitting surface of the light guide plate.
- Versus Another example is shown in the case of partial force of two famous curves.
- the light guide plate 60 shown in FIG. 20 is a case where two curves 64a and 64b that are symmetrical with respect to the center line X passing through the center of the parallel groove 18f and perpendicular to the light exit surface of the light guide plate are parabolas.
- the side wall of the parallel groove 18f is formed so that the focal point of the parabola 64a corresponding to one side wall of the parallel groove 18f and the focal point of the parabola 64b corresponding to the other side wall 22b are different from each other.
- the cross-sectional shape of the tip portion of the parallel groove is formed of two curves 64a and 64b that intersect at the intersection 64
- the curve 64a corresponding to one side wall of the parallel groove 18f
- the angle ⁇ between the tangent at the intersection (point) 64 and the tangent at the intersection 64 of the curve 64b corresponding to the other side wall is preferably 90 degrees or less, and more preferably 60 degrees or less.
- FIGS. 1 to 20 show examples of light guide plates in which the side walls of the parallel grooves in the cross-sectional shape of the parallel grooves are concave toward the center of the parallel grooves.
- FIGS. 21 is an example of the light guide plate 70 in which the cross-sectional shape of the parallel groove 18f is formed by two curves 72a and 72b that are convex toward the center of the parallel groove 18f
- FIG. 23 is a cross-sectional view of the parallel groove 18f.
- This is an example of the light guide plate 80 having a shape formed by combining curves 82a and 82b that are convex toward the center of the parallel groove 18f and curves 84a and 84b that are concave.
- the light guide plates 70 and 80 having parallel grooves having a cross-sectional shape as shown in FIGS. 21 and 22 can also emit light with sufficient light output surface strength while suppressing the generation of bright lines.
- the portion corresponding to the parallel grooves can be made convex or concave curved or linear by directing toward the center of the parallel grooves.
- a combination of these may be used.
- These curves are not limited to the arcs in the illustrated example, and may be any part of a curve such as an ellipse, a parabola, or a hyperbola that is convex or concave toward the center of the parallel groove.
- the curve constituting the parallel groove is convex or concave toward the center of the parallel groove. If it is part of a curve such as a circle, ellipse, parabola, or hyperbola, it should be a curve that can be approximated by a 10th-order function.
- the cross-sectional shape of the top (deepest part) of the tip portion of the parallel groove is smaller than the center line of the parallel groove.
- one symmetrically sharp intersection may be not only a chamfered flat shape or a rounded circular shape, but also an elliptical shape, a parabolic shape, or a hyperbolic shape.
- the peak value of the illuminance may be reduced by making the top part (the deepest part) of the tip part of the parallel groove a sand rubbing surface.
- the luminance of the light guide plate can also be made uniform by designing the light guide plate so that it has the same shape as described above.
- the parallel grooves 18f in the light exit surface 18a of the light guide plate unit 18 other than the parallel grooves 18f in the light exit surface 18a of the light guide plate unit 18, that is, the inclined back surface 18d.
- the tip of the parallel groove 18f of the light guide plate unit 18 is tapered according to the ratio of the (peak value of illuminance), that is, the tip of the parallel groove 18f of the light guide plate unit 18 according to the value of this ratio. It is preferable to control the degree of tapering of the shape. In this case, the ratio is preferably 3 or less, more preferably 2 or less, as in the case of the second embodiment described later.
- This ratio depends on the thickness of the knock light unit 2 (the distance between the light emitting surface 18a of the light guide plate unit 18 and the diffusion film 14) and the diffusion film used in the knock light unit 2. It is preferable to set according to the diffusion efficiency and number of sheets 14 and the diffusion efficiency and number of prism sheets 16, 17 and 23 used. That is, when the thickness of the knock light unit 2 (distance between the light emitting surface 18a of the light guide plate unit 18 and the diffusion film 14) can be increased to some extent (or larger), or used in the knock light unit 2.
- the diffusion film 14 has a high diffusion efficiency and the number of sheets used can be increased, or if the prism sheets 16, 17 and 23 have a high diffusion efficiency and the number of sheets used can be increased, the light exit surface 18a of the light guide plate unit 18
- the illumination light emitted from the light source can be sufficiently diffused (mixing, etc.), so that the cost is high, but with respect to the average value of the illuminance at the second part of the light exit surface 18a of the light guide plate unit 18.
- the ratio of the illuminance peak value of the first part of the light exit surface 18a of the light guide plate unit 18 to some extent Can be set large. However, if this is not the case, it is necessary to set a low value for this ratio.
- the peak value power of the illuminance of the first portion of the light exit surface 18a of the light guide plate unit 18 The light of the light guide plate unit 18
- the tip of the parallel groove 18f of the light guide plate unit 18 is tapered so that the average value of the illuminance of the second portion of the projection surface 18a is 3 times or less, more preferably 2 times or less.
- the peak illuminance value of the first portion of the light exit surface 18a of the light guide plate unit 18 is not more than three times the average value of the illuminance of the second portion of the light exit surface 18a of the light guide plate unit 18.
- the illuminance distribution of the illumination light emitted from the light exit surface 18a of the light guide plate unit 18 is made more uniform than before. As a result, it is not necessary to sufficiently diffuse the illumination light emitted from the light exit surface 18a of the light guide plate unit 18 (such as mixing).
- the planar illumination device of the present invention can use a low-cost diffusion film 14 with a very low diffusion efficiency, can reduce the number of sheets used, and is expensive.
- the use of prism sheets 16, 17 and 23 themselves can be stopped, or the use of low-cost prism sheets 16, 17 and 23 with low diffusion efficiency can be used or the number of sheets used can be reduced. Can do. As a result, a backlight unit that is lighter and less expensive can be provided.
- the tip portion of the parallel groove 18f that tapers the central force of the rod-shaped light source 12 emits light.
- the surface 18a be a portion where the angle with respect to the perpendicular (X) is within 90 degrees on both sides, and more preferably a portion within 60 degrees. That is, in the present invention, in order to reduce the peak value of the illuminance of the first portion corresponding to the parallel groove 18f of the light exit surface 18a of the light guide plate 18, the portion where the parallel groove 18f is tapered. The entire parallel groove 18f may be used, but if the peak value can be reduced, a predetermined tip portion may be used.
- the light guide plate used in the knock light unit of the present invention is not limited to the above-described form, and light guide plates having various shapes can be used.
- a plurality of light guide plate units 94, 96 are arranged in parallel so that the light exit surfaces 94a, 96a of the light guide plate units 94, 96 all form the same plane.
- a large light guide plate can also be configured by arranging.
- the inclined surface 94d of one light guide plate unit 94 and the inclined surface 96d of the other light guide plate unit 96 connected thereto do not intersect. That is, the inclination angles of the inclined surfaces 94d and 96d of the light guide plate units 94 and 96 can be adjusted so that a smooth flat surface or curved surface is formed at the connecting portion of the inclined surfaces.
- the surfaces formed by the inclined surfaces 94d and 96d of the light guide plate units 94 and 96 are formed in an arch shape. Note that the light guide plate units 94 and 96 shown in FIG. 23 have basically the same configuration as the light guide plate unit 18 shown in FIG. 3, and a detailed description thereof will be omitted.
- a backlight unit having a large size light irradiation surface can be obtained, so a liquid crystal display having a large size display screen can be obtained.
- the present invention can be applied to a device, and in particular, can be applied to a wall-mounted liquid crystal display device such as a wall-mounted television.
- the light guide plate according to the present invention is formed by connecting thin portions of separately formed light guide plate units in order to connect a plurality of light guide plate units to form a large light guide plate. .
- the reflection plate 24 may be arranged on the side surface of the light guide plate unit 18 arranged on the outermost side. By disposing such a reflecting plate 24 on the side surface, light leakage from the side surface of the light guide plate unit 18 can be prevented, and the light utilization efficiency can be further enhanced.
- the reflection plate 24 can be formed using the same material as the reflection sheet or reflector described above.
- the transmittance adjusting body unit of the present invention is not limited to the above shape, and is used for backlight units and liquid crystal display devices using light guide plates of various shapes such as a tandem type and a direct type. be able to.
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